Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D21, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 864 times by this move order. White won 58%, 3% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 4. a4 (34% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.43 (Stockfish, depth 49; best line 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. b3 Nf6)
- ECO
- D21
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 406 | |
| 1500-1999 | 403 | |
| 2000+ | 55 | |
| All | 864 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. a4 | 293 (34%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 147 (17%) | |
| 4. e3 | 138 (16%) | |
| 4. g3 | 122 (14%) | |
| 4. e4 | 103 (12%) | |
| 4. Bf4 | 21 (2%) | |
| 4. a3 | 17 (2%) | |
| 4. b3 | 12 (1%) |
Master games
26 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 62%, draw 11%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- GM Dennis Wagner (2611) – GM Namig Guliyev (2506) 0-1 · Chessable Masters Play-In · 2024-01-31
- GM Wenjun Ju (2575) – IM Alisa Galliamova (2444) 1-0 · World Blitz Women 2018 · 2018-12-29
- IM Andy Woodward (2515) – IM Mahel Boyer (2415) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Mar Early · 2024-03-26
- FM Stanislav Bukreev (2402) – GM Vladimir Zakhartsov (2469) 1-0 · Russian Chess Crown A · 2026-02-22
- GM Maxim Novik (2392) – CM Mathis Sabatier (2205) 0-1 · Titled Tue 4th Feb Early · 2025-02-04
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Stallion28 (2458) – babar2026 (2414) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
- goplit_cat (2421) – babar2026 (2438) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
- ecolefrancaise (2396) – Play2win493563986064 (2305) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation (2… dxc4 3. Nf3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3
More Queen's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted (2. c4 dxc4) D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense, Somov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger Gambit D20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.